Our Industry

Our Industry

With more than five million bananas are eaten every day in Australia, Bananas are Australia’s number-one selling supermarket product, outselling not only every other fruit and vegetable but every other supermarket line.

Banana Industry Water Quality Strategy

The banana industry has a great reputation for adopting environmental best management practices. The majority of growers respect the natural environment and the Great Barrier Reef and understand the impact their farming can have on the quality of water in local catchments.

The North Queensland banana industry Water Quality Strategy 2017-2020 has been written with a focus on extension and working with growers to help them improve their adoption of nutrient and sediment management practices.